Penile Length Changes After Radical Prostatectomy
Regular PDE5i use might reduce penile length loss after radical prostatectomy, suggest researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Their study, published in December in BJU International, investigated the ways radical prostatectomy affected penile dimensions and the effects of PDE5is on penile length.
One hundred eighteen men participated in the study. Before radical prostatectomy, each man completed the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). A researcher also measured each man's penis in a stretched flaccid penile length (SFPL) state. These assessments were repeated two months and six months after surgery.
Sixty-three men were evaluated at the six-month point. At that time, the men who took a PDE5i daily had no loss of SFPL. Those who didn't had a mean loss of 4.4 ± 6.6 mm.
More details on this study can be found here.
VJPU Presents Peer-Reviewed Video Content
The Video Journal of Prosthetic Urology (VJPU) is the ISSM's newest peer-reviewed journal. As the name suggests, VJPU focuses on prosthetic urology, especially as it pertains to sexual medicine. Novel technologies and "how I do it" surgical expositions are of special interest.
"Our new video journal promises a forum for surgical education that will be timely, inexpensive and allows for instant update as enhancements in our medical knowledge become available," writes VJPU editor-in-chief Steven K. Wilson, MD, FACS, FRCS.
To learn more about the journal and its submission process, please click here. Videos already uploaded to the journal may be found here.
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